Model Citizens of the State The Jews of Turkey during the Multi-Party Period

Model Citizens of the State: The Jews of Turkey during the Multi-Party Period is about the history of the Turkish Jews from 1950 to present. By using unpublished primary sources as well as secondary sources, the book describes the struggle of Turkish Jews for the application of their constitutional rights, their fight against anti-Semitism and the indifferent attitude of the Turkish establishment to these problems. Finally, it describes Turkish Jewish leadership's involvement in the lobbying efforts on behalf of the Turkish Republic against the acceptance of resolutions in the U.S. Congress recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

Rifat N. Bali is an independent scholar specializing in the history of Turkish Jews and .an associate member of the Alberto-Benveniste Center for Sephardic Studies and the Sociocultural History of the Jews (cole Pratique des Hautes tudes/CNRS/ Universit Paris-Sorbonne). He is the winner; of the Alberto Benvenisre Research Award for 2009 for his publications on Turkish Jewry.